A blog on technology and web culture by Guy Malachi

This is the list of things that I found wrong with the iPhone after a few days of using it.Don't get me wrong, it's an excellent device, with an outstanding user interface, but is missing a few things.

Some of these are just me being picky but others are a real pain and should have been addressed by Apple (like the battery that can't be replaced).

Here's the list:

No copy/paste

Can't use standard headphones without an adapter

Every mp3 file cannot be a ringtone (you need to manually convert on iTunes to AAC, rename the file bla bla...)

Email doesn't have landscape mode

Video files can be added as "TV Shows" in iTunes but only TV shows purchased through iTunes can be viewed on the iPhone

No easy way of dragging photos onto the iPhone. You can drag photos off through the "Apple iPhone" in the Windows file explorer but you can't add photos through there. The same interface should be used for copying photos to and from the iPhone

No spell check

No Gmail app that uses IMAP for always on synchronization plus utilizes unique Gmail features like labels, stars, message threads... You can currently either use the native IMAP feature on the iPhone but then you don't have the unique Gmail features, or use Gmail's iPhone web interface which gives you all the unique features but doesn't automatically check your account (you could leave the browser open but that doesn't really work).

Can't mark video as "unplayed". Once you play a video for even a second it is marked as played.

Ringer isn't loud enough

No mode for viewing emails without images (saves bandwidth and for privacy issues)

No email templates

No built in voice recorder

Safari "tabs" don't load in the background, you can only have one tab load at a time (for some reason the tabs also blank out when you leave Safari instead of just showing the last visible screen)

No backspace in calculator to erase just the last typed digit

No week view in calendar

Can't see full name of video file

No on screen visual indication of silent mode

When alarm is snoozed you can't turn it off

No remote for iPod

Very hard to pause music when using standard headphones (not original iPhone headphones)

Very hard to make a phone call while listening to music

No Bcc in email

Can't set different checking intervals for different email accounts

Battery suddenly dies without any warning

Bluetooth drains the battery

Setting up iTunes to sync properly to Outlook contacts and calendars is a pain. The different contact folders (groups) and calendars occasionally do not appear in iTunes (I still have no idea how to sync multiple Outlook calendars).